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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Where Angels Fear to Lug-Tread

You have to admire a beer from a town of less than 2000 people and named after a tractor tire. Lugtread (left) isn't the only tractor-inspired bit of Beau's. In fact, a sturdy-looking--and anthropomorphically happy-looking--tractor is also their logo. Beau's All Natural brewing boasts a strong presence closer to it's home turf of Vankleek Hill (in the Ottawa area).

Yet the cries of thirsty drinkers lured them down to London (an 8 hour drive) for the evening with an assortment of beers in tow. Jerry Coburn, a Beau's rep, sat down with me to talk about Beau's origins--like every superhero, all breweries have an origin story.

We touched on each of beers--all of them interesting & tasty. This interview even dares to touch upon the issue of where one obtains Bog Myrtle. If you want to know what beer (a variety known as 'gruit'--sounds like 'grew-it') may have been like 500-900 years ago then crack a beer and listen along.